A tribute to the Hoon
It is with both sadness and joyous relief that I hereby report the following news: THE HOON HAS BEEN SOLD! Indeed, what a relief it is, especially after the broo-ha-ha we went through to sell it. If you have a spare 4 hours sometime I’ll tell you the entire story. The quick and dirty version is that we ran into one problem after another in trying to repair a small leak in the power-steering pump and it escalated into the ignition & alarm system. All the while I was courting two Argentinian buyers who barely spoke English and by the way I barely speak Spanish.
However, at the end of the day it all worked out and now Julian & Ignosio join the long list of owners who will have the pleasure of adventuring around NZ in the Hoon. If the Hoon could tell what stories it would tell. We had the Hoon for only 1/24th of it’s current life-span. It took us over 10,000 km’s (6,200 miles for all you non-metric understanding peep’s) from the Northland on the North Island all the way to Invercargill on the South Island and back.
Over mountains, through river fords, on ferries, or in the city the Hoon performed beautifully. Here is a photo-tribute to the Hoon meant to thank this fine vehicle for all its hard work during the time we owned it:
